diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyuv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyuv/default.nix
index d0d692ed9815..f4415b51f810 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyuv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyuv/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ libjpeg ];
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "-ljpeg";
+  patches = [
+    ./link-library-against-libjpeg.patch
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://chromium.googlesource.com/libyuv/libyuv";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyuv/link-library-against-libjpeg.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyuv/link-library-against-libjpeg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0f3d2968462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyuv/link-library-against-libjpeg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 636531ee..af1b0e4e 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ INCLUDE ( FindJPEG )
+ if (JPEG_FOUND)
+   include_directories( ${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR} )
+   target_link_libraries( yuvconvert ${JPEG_LIBRARY} )
++  target_link_libraries( ${ly_lib_shared} ${JPEG_LIBRARY} )
+   add_definitions( -DHAVE_JPEG )
+ endif()